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Gabriel’s Story: An Oregon custody case could reunite a two-year-old with a convicted felon: his dad.

Date: November 10, 2007

Author: Winston Ross

QUOTE: Federal law prevents geographical distance from influencing an adoption decision, and state law favors blood relatives....As far as the Brandts are concerned, however, they are his family—the only family he's known besides his drug-addled mother.

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